posted March 09, 2000 07:53 PM
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Some additional information on the Army's light armored vehicle(LAV) program
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The Army is currently testing 35 different LAV at Fort Knox. These include five mobile gun systems, 16 infantry vehicles, two anti-tank vehicles, one ambulance, two mortar vehicles ,six reconnaissance vehicles, one combat engineer vehicle and two command and control vehicles.
Current plans call for each brigade to be issued 380 to 527 armored vehicles depending on the types of vehicles selected.
The Army hopes to have the first brigade equipped by March 2001. Additional brigades will be fully equipped at six month intervals. So far the conversion of five existing infantry brigades has been authorized.
Some of the LAVs under test carry some significant weapons. The M8 Armored gun mounts a full power 105mm tank gun similat to the one carried by M60 series tanks and the origina lversion of M1 Abrams tank. The mortar version pf the LAV III has a turret mounted 120mm mortar. The antitank version of the LAV carries 16 TOW 2 antitank misiles. These kinds pf weapons could give our light infantry fivions some real firepower.
[This message has been edited by Hard Ball (edited March 11, 2000).]
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Some additional information on the Army's light armored vehicle(LAV) program
.
The Army is currently testing 35 different LAV at Fort Knox. These include five mobile gun systems, 16 infantry vehicles, two anti-tank vehicles, one ambulance, two mortar vehicles ,six reconnaissance vehicles, one combat engineer vehicle and two command and control vehicles.
Current plans call for each brigade to be issued 380 to 527 armored vehicles depending on the types of vehicles selected.
The Army hopes to have the first brigade equipped by March 2001. Additional brigades will be fully equipped at six month intervals. So far the conversion of five existing infantry brigades has been authorized.
Some of the LAVs under test carry some significant weapons. The M8 Armored gun mounts a full power 105mm tank gun similat to the one carried by M60 series tanks and the origina lversion of M1 Abrams tank. The mortar version pf the LAV III has a turret mounted 120mm mortar. The antitank version of the LAV carries 16 TOW 2 antitank misiles. These kinds pf weapons could give our light infantry fivions some real firepower.
[This message has been edited by Hard Ball (edited March 11, 2000).]